I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!
When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where C… - Lev Yilmaz
When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where C…
- Lev Yilmaz
My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it. - Lev Yilmaz
My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.
Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated,… - Lev Yilmaz
Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated,…
The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became it… - Lev Yilmaz
The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became it…
One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well. - Lev Yilmaz
One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.
A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame. - Lev Yilmaz
A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame.
I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective - Lev Yilmaz
I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective
I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly… - Lev Yilmaz
I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly…
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He kee… - Lev Yilmaz
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He kee…
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